Gallery – Polish Refugees in the Middle East
Tehran 1942-43
Tehran 1942-43
Jerry Proskurnicki
During WWII
Tehran 1942-43
Tehran 1942-43
Jerry Proskurnicki
During WWII
Tehran 1942-43
Tehran 1942-43
Jerry Proskurnicki
During WWII
Tehran 1942-43
Tehran 1942-43
Jerry Proskurnicki
During WWII
Tehran 1942-43
Tehran 1942-43
Jerry Proskurnicki
Tehran 1942-43
Tehran 1942-43
Jerry Proskurnicki
During WWII
Tehran 1942-43
Tehran 1942-43
Jerry Proskurnicki
During WWII
Tehran 1942-43
Tehran 1942-43
Jerry Proskurnicki
During WWII
Tehran 1942-43
Tehran 1942-43
Jerry Proskurnicki
During WWII
Tehran 1942-43
Tehran 1942-43
Jerry Proskurnicki
During WWII
Tehran 1942-43
Tehran 1942-43
Jerry Proskurnicki
During WWII
Tehran 1942-43
Tehran 1942-43
Jerry Proskurnicki
During WWII
Tehran 1942-43
Teachers
Jerry Proskurnicki
During WWII
Tehran 1942-43
Tehran 1942-43
Jerry Proskurnicki
During WWII
SZYSZKO brothers
Brothers Piotr and Wiktor Szyszko in Isfahan in the 1940's
Yvonna Szyszko
During WWII
Persia
Isfahan
SZYSZKO Family Isfahan 1940′s
SZYSZKO Family Isfahan 1940′s
Yvonna Szyszko
During WWII
Persia
Isfahan
Jadwiga Szyszko Document
Ksiazeczka Zaopatrzenia (Identity/Source Booklet) for Jadwiga Szyszko, Polish Delegatura in Teheran, 1943
Yvonna Szyszko
During WWII
Persia
Teheran
Grade 6 class in Teheran
Genowefa in back row (after recovering from Typhoid fever)
Genowefa Matkowski
During WWII
Iran
Teheran
Sabina Wawrzynczyk
She is buried in the cemetery in Karachi. She was just 18 years old.
Lusia McAnna
During WWII
Aniela Wawrzyńczyk with sister Ewa and her husband Janek Zacharkiewicz
On arrival in Pahlavi
Lusia McAnna
During WWII
Iran
In Memory of Henryk Sieniuc, Monte Cassino Cross # 12666
In Memory of Henryk Sieniuc, Monte Cassino Cross # 12666
Rob Sieniuc at the Monte Cassino Memorial, Warsaw May 26, 2025
At Temple of Juniper July 8, 1942
Henry Sieniuc at Temple Juniper, Baalbek, Lebanon 45 min North of Demascus Syria, July 8, 1942
Henryk Sieniuc was in Middle East from 1942-1943
Persia (Iran): 2 weeks
Iraq: 10 months
Palestine: 6 months
Syria: 4 months
Egypt: 3 months
Henryk Sieniuc in the Middle East 1_1942- 43
Henryk Sieniuc was in Middle East from 1942-1943
Persia (Iran): 2 weeks
Iraq: 10 months
Palestine: 6 months
Syria: 4 months
Egypt: 3 months
Henryk Sieniuc in the Middle East 2_1942- 43
Henryk standing in rear of photo
Henryk Sieniuc was in Middle East from 1942-1943
Persia (Iran): 2 weeks
Iraq: 10 months
Palestine: 6 months
Syria: 4 months
Egypt: 3 months
Henryk Sieniuc in Middle East 3 from 1942-1943
Henryk standing in rear of photo
Henryk Sieniuc was in Middle East from 1942-1943
Persia (Iran): 2 weeks
Iraq: 10 months
Palestine: 6 months
Syria: 4 months
Egypt: 3 months
Henryk Sieniuc in the Middle East 4_1942- 43
Henryk Sieniuc was in Middle East from 1942-1943
Persia (Iran): 2 weeks
Iraq: 10 months
Palestine: 6 months
Syria: 4 months
Egypt: 3 months
Henryk Sieniuc in the Middle East 5_1942- 43
Henryk on left
Henryk Sieniuc was in Middle East from 1942-1943
Persia (Iran): 2 weeks
Iraq: 10 months
Palestine: 6 months
Syria: 4 months
Egypt: 3 months
Henryk Sieniuc in the Middle East 6_1942- 43 Driving Truck
Henryk driving truck
Henryk Sieniuc was in Middle East from 1942-1943
Persia (Iran): 2 weeks
Iraq: 10 months
Palestine: 6 months
Syria: 4 months
Egypt: 3 months
Henryk Sieniuc in Palestine
Palestine, June 10 1942
In photo: Nalecr, Rawicki, Jainsig, Bazyli
Henryk Sieniuc was in Middle East from 1942-1943
Persia (Iran): 2 weeks
Iraq: 10 months
Palestine: 6 months
Syria: 4 months
Egypt: 3 months
Henryk Sieniuc- his handwritten WWII timeline
Henryk Sieniuc WWII Timeline
(per his handwritten notes)
• Henryk Sieniuc’s father Bronislaw Sieniuc (a local policeman) was arrested by Soviets in 1939 for refusing to fill out a questionnaire
and sent to Siberia.
See Henryk Sieniuc Ankieta Document (Questionaire on file at Hoover WWII Institute, Univ Santiago, USA)
• Henry Sieniuc : “Sent to Russia” the day of Feb 1, 1940 ie. forced labour in Siberia
• His brothers and sisters were also all departed to Russia – different locations in Siberia
• The army was in the Russian territory and the city
• Henryk Sieniuc - “I was drafted into the army (Anders Army) Feb 28, 1942”
• Henry Sieniuc - - “ Arrived in the Middle East (Persia) April 5, 1942”
Persia 2 Weeks
Iraq 10 months
Palestine 6 months
Syria 4 months
Egypt 3 months
Italy 35 months
• Last day in Italy October 12, 1946
• Left for Canada by boat, November 2, 1946
• Arrived in Halifax, Canada Nov 12, 1946
Personal records